The Landsat Program
This joint NASA/USGS program provides the longest continuous space-based record of Earth’s land in existence. Every day, Landsat satellites provide essential information to help land managers and policy makers make wise decisions about our resources and our environment. + Landsat Case Studies ebook
Details of a Greening Arctic
The northern reaches of North America are getting greener, according to a NASA
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Staying Alert: How a New Landsat-Based Tool Spots Deforestation
Forests are commodities. The biggest driver of deforestation worldwide is the economic value of trees and the land they stand on. With the high […]
USGS Partners with European Space Agency to Deliver Copernicus Earth Data
USGS and ESA have established an innovative partnership to enable USGS storage and redistribution of Earth observation data acquired by […]
Geographia
Journey with us into the cartographic past. Latest look: Creating an Oasis in the Desert: Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 1911 […]

“Nothing is harder to image than the past. It is imperative that all Landsat observations are archived and made available to users.”






